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APPENDIX I 
STAFF OF BOTANIC GARDENS, 1957 
Divisions I-III 
Appointment 
Director .. 
Assistant Director .. 
Keeper of the Her¬ 
barium .. 
Botanists .. 
Curators .. 
Laboratory Assistant 
(Special Grade) . 
Librarian .. 
Horticultural Assistant 
Herbarium and Mu¬ 
seum Assistant 
Laboratory Assistant 
Artist 
Higher Clerical Officer 
Clerks 
Despatch Clerk 
Stenographer 
Junior Horticultural 
Assistants 
Storekeeper 
Name 
J. W. Purseglove, b.sc. (Mane.), 
A.I.C.T.A., F.L.S. . . . . 
H. M. Burkill, m.a, (Cantab.), f.l.s. 
H. M. Burkill, m.a. (Cantab.), f.l.s. 
Vacant 
Remarks 
Up to 7th March—retired 
under Malayanisation 
Ordinance. 
From 8th March—Acting 
Agricultural Officer, 
Singapore from 26th 
June in addition to 
duties in the Botanic 
Gardens. 
Up to 7th March. 
From 8th March. 
J. Sinclair, b.sc. (Edin.) 
C. X. Furtado, d.sc. (Bomb.) 
Chew Wee Lek b.sc. (Malaya) 
J. W. Ewart .. 
G. H. Addison 
A. G. Alphonso 
. . Re-engaged pensioner. On 
leave from 8th May to 
13 th November. 
.. Sent to Cambridge Uni¬ 
versity to undertake 
higher studies on 18th 
September. 
. . Up to 25th March — retired 
under Malayanisation 
Ordinance. 
. . On leave from 30th April 
to 21st December. 
. From 26th March. 
J. L. Pestana 
Mrs. L. E. Lynas, m.a. (Cantab.) 
Vacant 
A. G. Alphonso 
Vacant 
Lam Hin Cheng 
Up to 30th June—resigned. 
From 1st July. 
Up to 25th March. 
From 26th March to 30th 
June. 
From 1st July. Sent to 
Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Kew, to study for the 
Kew Diploma on 24th 
September. 
Haji Mohamed Nur bin Mohamed 
GhoUS, B.E.M. 
Bajuri bin Sappan 
Juraimi bin Samsuri 
F. A. Pereira 
V. d’Rozario 
Miss C. W. Schelkis 
E. A. Scully 
R. Raphael 
Miss Diana Foo Siew Lin 
Re-engaged pensioner. 
Up to 13th November— 
transferred to Education 
Department. 
From 14th November— 
transferred from P.W.D, 
Wong Siew Hang .. .. On duty in Government 
House Domain. 
Abdul Aziz bin Pakiri 
Ismail bin Ahmad 
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